Re: [PATCH v2] mm/slub: Run free_partial() outside of the kmem_cache_node->list_lock

[Vladimir Davydov]

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 04:27:46PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
...
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index 825ff45..58f0eb6 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -3479,6 +3479,7 @@ static void list_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
>   */
>  static void free_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n)
>  {
> +	LIST_HEAD(partial_list);

nit: slabs added to this list are not partially used - they are free, so
let's call it 'free_slabs' or 'discard_list' or just 'discard', please

>  	struct page *page, *h;
>  
>  	BUG_ON(irqs_disabled());
> @@ -3486,13 +3487,16 @@ static void free_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n)
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, h, &n->partial, lru) {
>  		if (!page->inuse) {
>  			remove_partial(n, page);
> -			discard_slab(s, page);
> +			list_add(&page->lru, &partial_list);

If there are objects left in the cache on destruction, the cache won't
be destroyed. Instead it will be left on the slab_list and can get
reused later. So we should use list_move() here to always leave
n->partial in a consistent state, even in case of a leak.

>  		} else {
>  			list_slab_objects(s, page,
>  			"Objects remaining in %s on __kmem_cache_shutdown()");
>  		}
>  	}
>  	spin_unlock_irq(&n->list_lock);
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, h, &partial_list, lru)
> +		discard_slab(s, page);
>  }
>  
>  /*